Description

WEIGHTFEM (V437) reports the woman's weight as measured by DHS personnel. There is one implied decimal place in the weight. Dividing WEIGHTFEM by 10 will yield the woman's measured weight in kilograms.

Comparability

Apart from changes in the universe over time (see below), WEIGHTFEM (V437) is largely comparable across samples.

Comparability - Standard DHS

WEIGHTFEM (V438) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire for Phase II forward. In phases prior to Phase IV, while some samples included all interviewed women for anthropometry measurements, other samples included only mothers of children under three/five years of age. In Phase IV forward, all interviewed women were included in the anthropometry measurements. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to refer to the Universe tab when making comparisons across samples.

Universe

Bangladesh 1997: Ever-married women age 10-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.

Bangladesh 2000: Ever-married women age 10-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.

Bangladesh 2004: Ever-married women age 13-49.

Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49.

Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 13-49.

Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.

Benin 1996: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey.

Benin 2001: All women age 15-49.

Benin 2006: All women age 15-49.

Benin 2011: All women age 15-49.

Burkina Faso 1993: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.

Burkina Faso 1998: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.